Saxifraga Umbrosa. Class 10, DECANDRIA. Order: DIGYNIA. This pretty and almost universal border plant, is a species of saxifrage. It has received the name also of none-so-pretty; and, if we view it with attention, we shall acknowledge that its prettily spotted petals, which are painted with so much delicacy, fully deserve this appellation. Notwithstanding its beauty, it has been made the emblem of a light and frivolous sentiment, for a lover would think it an insult to his mistress, to present her with a nosegay of its flowers. FRIVOLITY. Around him some mysterious circle thrown That kept at least frivolity aloof. BYRON. His sports were fair, his joyance innocent, Where is his son, SPENSER. The nimble-footed, mad-cap prince of Wales, And his comrades, that doff'd the world aside, And bid it pass. SHAKSPEARE. To business that we love, we rise betime, And go to it with delight. SHAKSPEARE. Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high, BYRON. OTOS. Lotus. Class 17, DIADELPHIA. Order: DECANDRIA. A favourite plant among the ancients, who frequently refer to it in their poetry and mythology. The definition of Lotos in the Greek Lexicon, says Mrs. Wirt, is this, "A tree whose fruit is so sweet that foreigners, having tasted of it, forget their own country"—whence the proverb, to have eaten of the Lotos, is applied to those who prefer a foreign country to their own. Its flower is the emblem of estranged love; its leaf of recantation. ESTRANGED LOVE. That anxious torture may I never feel, Which, doubtful, watches o'er a wandering heart. In want, and war, and peril, Things that would thrill the hearer's blood to tell of, To brand thee with, but mine immortal foe's? MATURIN. OTOS Lotus Class 17, DIADELPHIA. Order: DECANDRIA. A favourite plant ong the ancients, who frequently refer in their poetry and mythology. The of Lotos in the Greek Lexicon, * Wirt, is this, "A tree whose sweet that foreigners, having , forget their own country"-whence the proverb, to of the Lotos, is applied to those who prefer a foreign why to their own. fts Bower is the emblem of canonged love; its leaf of recare |